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Home Invasion Thwarted in Winter Haven, FL

Home Invasion Thwarted in Winter Haven, FL - TheArmsGuide.com

April 8, 2014 by Kevin 6 Comments

Usually, when I share a news report about a home invasion, the residents fare poorly, if they survive at all. In this news story, however, a family recently confronted by an aggressive home invader used their home defense firearms to end a break-in without any harm coming to the residents within the home.

According to a news report, yesterday, an intruder who has been identified as Mitchell Large, approached the back doors of a Winter Haven, FL home. The family within heard the rattling at the french doors and the homeowner’s 20-year-old son checked on the area to find the source of the disturbance. Allegedly, he witnessed Large attempting to gain access to the home and responded by drawing a firearm and firing a warning shot to scare away the would-be burglar. Florida statute 776 provides that a person’s use of lethal force is justifiable if “the person against whom the defensive force was used was in the process of unlawfully and forcefully entering or had unlawfully and forcibly entered a dwelling, residence, or occupied vehicle…” [776.13 Section 1, Line A]. Despite the shot fired, the intruder continued break into the house. When he discovered three of the home’s four residents in the kitchen, they simultaneously opened fire on the home invader until he died.

Here at The Arms Guide, we’ve said before that a self defense firearm (whether for concealed carry or home defense) does not serve as a guarantee of safety. However, stories like that of the thwarted home invasion reported in Florida yesterday provide evidence that home carry could very well save your life. Is your home prepared?

Featured image still from WFLA News video courtesy of WFLA.com

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Kevin Kevin is an avid hunter and military history enthusiast. He participates in WWII reenactments every year and boasts a large antique firearms collection. The Winchester 1873 and Colt M1911 are two of his favorites. Kevin enjoys researching the best products on the market to keep The Arms Guide reader up to date and informed.

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  1. Avatar for KevinJoeFabeetz says

    April 8, 2014 at 6:42 pm

    Well that ended nicely.

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  2. Avatar for KevinStormchsr says

    April 8, 2014 at 7:02 pm

    This sort of incidence happens more often than it is published. I live in Florida and had not heard about this and that’s the problem. It should be front page news that a bad guy was stopped by a good guy with a gun. I will never understand why anyone would want to disarm law abiding citizens and leave them and their loved ones unprotected against the criminal and the crazy. Respect my right to love and protect my family and I will respect your right to call 911 when there is an ax murderer in your bedroom.

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  3. Avatar for KevinEricKmiecik says

    April 8, 2014 at 7:48 pm

    This story ended well.

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  4. Avatar for Kevinshawmutt says

    April 8, 2014 at 8:00 pm

    Reminds me of Star Wars for some reason. Unfortunately for this perp the family shoots better than storm troopers.

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  5. Avatar for KevinDavidg30 says

    April 8, 2014 at 10:41 pm

    Ya gotta love these feel good stories

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  6. Avatar for Kevindogboy545 says

    April 9, 2014 at 5:16 am

    Dang, I live in Florida too, and this has not made the papers. Seems to be a distinct bias against reporting armed self defense in our local media .

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